Bill fold



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ATTORN E Y Patented Aug. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT: oFFicE WILLIAM J. KALIEBE, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, nssrenon T enonen SEELMAN &

sons 00., or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A conronnrron or Wisconsin BILL FOLD Application filed September 29, 1930. Serial No. 485,152.

The invention relates to bill folds, and has for an object the provision of a simple, durable, and inexpensive bill fold, which is so constructed that it can be folded fiat while 6' holding a relatively large number of bills therein, without causing wrinkling, bunching, or stressing of the parts of the device.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is an inner view of the bill fold as it appears when in extended position;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof taken along the line 2-2 of Fig; 1;

Fig. 3 is another transverse sectional view taken along the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a top edge view of the empty bill fold as it appears in extended position;

Fig. 5 is an outer'view of the bill fold in extended position;

Fig. 6 is a top edge view of the bill fold as it appears in folded position and carrying a number of bills therein, and

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a leaf or flap forming the inner wall of the bill fold.

In the drawing, the numeral 10 designates an elongated rectangular sheet of flexible material, such as leather, forming the back or outer walls of the bill fold, this sheet being foldable along a transverse medial line, which is the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. A flap ll of flexible material, such as leather, is secured to one end portion of the inner face 7 of the back 10 by seams 12 and 13 respectively material, suchas leather, which are secured to marginal portions of the back by the lower edge seam 12 and by a side edge seam 17, the upper edges of these sheets being free of the back. The sheet 14 is somewhat shorter than the back 10 and includes a portion 18 which is slightly narrower than the back. A sheet 19 of flexible material, such as leather, is secured by opposite upper and lower edge seams 20 and 21 to the inner face of the por-. tion 18 of the sheet 14, and-is also secured along its inner edge portions 22 to the sheet 14, as by cementing. The free ends of the sheets 14 -and 19 are open so that a pocket or compartment is formed between these sheets. As seen inFig. 7, the positions of the seams which secure the sheet 14 to the back 10 are indicated at 12' and 17 At all other portions, the sheet 14 is unsecured to the back. The portion of the seam 12 securing the sheet 14 to the back is shorter than half the length of the back.

The sheet 15 is shorter than half the length ofthe back 10' but is longer than the sheet 16, and the sheets 15 and 16 are secured along their upper edges to the sheet '14 by the seam 21. Card-receiving pockets are thus formed between the sheets 14 and 15 and the sheets 15 and 16.

The free end portion 18 of the sheet 14 is slidably received in the pocket or sheath formed between the back 10 and flap 11. A bill-receiving compartment is formed between the back 10 and the sheet 14 and opens along substantially/the entire length of the upper edge of the billfold. The opposite ends of the bill-receiving compartment are closed'by the seams 13 and 17, .and the lower edgeof the compartment is closed by the seam 12, except for a short distance in the foldable region of the bill fold. When the device is folded, the portion 18 of the sheet 14 is free to slide with respect to the back.

10and flap 11, thus avoiding any wrinkling orbunchingof the material inthe device and permitting the device to be folded flat. When a large number of bills 23 are placed in the bill-receiving compartment, as seen in Fig. 6, the back 10 and sheet 1 1 may be spaced a considerable distance, but since these mem bers are not connected to each other in the region of the folding line, there will be no wrinkling or bunching of the parts, and the sheet 14 would merely enter a little farther in the pocket or sheath formed between the back 10 and the flap 11. The bill fold will thus fold flat without wrinkling regardless of the number of bills present in the bill-receiving compartment.

The pocket formed between the sheets 14 and 19 may be used for the reception of bills of large denomination, or other papers, when it is desired not to expose them to view upon the opening of the bill fold. The opening of this pocket is so located that there is no danger of the contents being lost, and when it is desired to gain access of this pocket the free end of the flap is withdrawn from the sheath formed between the back 10 and the flap 11. The sheet 19 secured to the free end portion of the sheet 14 provides stiifening for the free end portion of the latter sheet, so that it will remain firmly in the sheath formed between the back 10 and th flap 11. 7

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bill fold comprising a back adapted to be folded on itself, a flap marginally secured to an end portion of the inner face of said back, said flap being unsecured along its inner edge and along an adjacent outer edge to form a sheath between said back and said flap, a sheet marginally secured to the inner face of the other end portion of said back, said sheet having a free end portion of reduced width slidably received in said sheath and having its lower edge spaced inwardly from the lower edge of said back, and a leaf secured to the free end portion of said sheet and forming a pocket opening at the free end of said sheet, and said con-. fined sheet and said back forming a bill-receiving compartment between them, said sheet being unsecured to said back in the region of the folding line of said back.

2. A bill fold comprising a foldable back, a flapsecured to an endportion of said back to form a sheath, a foldable sheet secured to the other end portion of saidback and having a free end portion slidably received in said sheath to form a bill-receiving compartment between the confined sheet and the back, and a leaf secured to the free end portion of said sheet and forming a pocket opening adjacent the free end of said sheet, the opening of said pocket being disposed within said sheath.

3. A bill fold comprising an outer mem ber having a sheath formed at its inner face,

WILLIAM J. KALIEBE. 

